Macaroni press



Jan.

J. DE FRANCISCI MACARONI PRESS Original Filed Dec'.-l 1921 JOSEPH DE 'rnalvorsor, or BROOKLYN,

Patented Jan. 29, 1929.

'MAcAnom: macnrnn conronarron,

NnwYonK.

21, 1924. Serial No. 721,455.

I This invention is a press for the production of'macaroni, and the subject-matter of this application is a. division of'a prior application filed by me on December 1, 1921, Senal No. 519,108. V i The object of theinvention' is to secure a tight connection between the plungercylinder and a detachable head for said cylinder, whereby leakage of the fluid supplied under hydraulic pressure is precluded from the cylinder. I

According to. this invention, the plunger cylinder is provided'with an external solid collar adjacent the outer (upper) end thereof, and on this end of saidcylinder 1s fitted a detachable cylinder head, a compressible packing being interposed between cylinder and head. (lo-operating with the head is a clamp in the .form of a'rlng composed of separable parts bolted solidly together, sald annular clamp being provided with a flange or lugs adapted to fit snugly to the under side of the cylinder collar so as to interlock therewith. The annular clamp carries a number of binding screws adapted forcontact wlth the cylinder head. These screws'are' tightened against the head for compressing the gasket, and the pressure of the screws'is re-. sisted by the flange or lugs of the clamp in engagement with the cylinder collar, whereby I a I am enabled to obviate the elongation of v the ordinary stud bolts under the hydraulic 7 pressure and to retain the head in such tight relation to the cylinder as to effectually preclude leakage of the motlve fluid.

Other functions and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accornpanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of a part ofthe'hydraulic cylinder provided V with a non-leaking cylinderghead ofthis in- 'vention; V

Figure 2 is a plan view of the plunger cylinder. Mounted in the press frame, A of suitable construction, is a plungercylinder B within which'operates a plunger C, the diameter of I which is slightly less than the internaldi and with packings b b of any suitable char act-er. At its lower end the plunger is pro:

NEW v YORK, nssrcrnon TO CONSOLIDATED or new YORK. n. Y., aconronarron or MACARONI rn'nss No. 519,108. Divided. and this application filed time vided with a flange '0 with which co-operates means for shifting the valve mechanism shown and descr1bed 1n the above named application, but forming no part ofthis application, The upper end oft he cylinder is closed by a head D adapted to-be clamped by novel means constituting a part ofmy invention. The cylinder is provided at its upper end with an external flange 6 extending outwardly from the cylinder wall, and between the cylinder'walland the head is posi tioned a compressible gasket f adapted to producea liquid tight connection between the cylinder wall and the'head so as to efi'ectually preclude the leakage of the motive fluid supplied under the required pressure to'the end o1 the cylinder in forcing the plunger downimprovements which I have made consists of wardly withran efiiective stroke. One of the i means for clamping the head D under the cylinder in a way to resist the hydraulic pressure supplied to the cylinder between the piston head of the plunger andthe removable cylinder head D. i r r i E designates a clamp composed of complemental sections E E provided with radial flanges e" and assembled in abutting relation so as'toflb'e secured solidly together by' trans-.

verse bolts 6 as shown more 7 clearly in construction for ready assemblage with re- "spect to the upper end of the cylinder, -as essential fe'ature of the annular clamp con- Figure 2. r The annular clamp is of separable sisting of the inwardly extending flange 9 provided on the lower edge of the clamp and adapted for engagement with the under face of the external shouldere provided on the cylinder. The annular clamp carries a series of set screws or stud bolts G which are screwed into threaded boresprovided in the l clamp, said set screws or stud bolts being adapted to be tightened against the head D i for the purpose of drawing the flange g of noted that the stud bolts Gr press downwardly uponthe cylinder head and draw upwardly on the annular clamp, whereby the flange g of the clamp has a firm bearing is forced downwardly toward the cylinder for compressing the gasket fin order to secure the necessary liquid tight connection between the cylinder and its head; In my invention the stud bolts G are not subjected to elongated strain under hydraulic pressure admitted to the cylinder, and thus the stud bolts serve as an eflicient means for holding the cylinder head in tight engagement with the cylinder for precluding leakage of the hydraulic pressure. The lower end of the plunger cylinder is open so that the plunger or ram C may travel therein; but the motive fluid is precluded from leaking from the open 1 lower end of said plunger cylinder by a packa ing 0 positioned within a recess provided in I thecylmder wall, as shown in Figure 1. This packing is cormoressedv around the plunger by .a glandC secured tothe end face of the cylinder by stud bolts 0 said packing 0 being of a form commonly used in the art so as to be expandedby the pressure-of the motive lluid inorder to secure the necessary contact with the plunger or ram.

From theforegoing, description it will be noted that I have provided simple means for taking the pressure off the bolts and imposing .or transmitting such pressure to he collar 6 provided .as a unitary part of the cylinder. So tar as I am aware, hydraulic presses are constructed with a series of head-tightening bolts which are so supported that the pressure internally of the cylinder is taken up by v the bolts, but experience shows that the con stant application of the high pressures'prevalent in 'hydraul-ic presses tends to stretch and pressure fluid present within the cylinder, 7

In my invention, the tormof thecylinder and the form of the cylinder head are fashioned .to adapt thesame mutually for co-operation with a gasket. As compared with ordinary pressure cylinders 01' the standard hydraulic presses, I have modified the form of the cylinde-r making integral therewith an .eXternal collar, presenting a solid continuous surface. The form of the cylinder head which I have provided involves the use of a solid unbroken rim, the under face of which near to the edge is recessed,.and said rim on said under face is depending below the plane of the recess, whereby :a packing is receivable Within the recess, whereas the pendent rim portion of the head is adapted. to be seated :on the top face of the cylinder collar, as a re- .sult of which there is provided on the cylinder head .a part or member located exteriorly to the gasket and in pendent relation thereto for minimizing leakage of the high pressure fluid. The support for the binding screws is in the form of an annular clamp fashioned for locking engagement with the collar and affording a substantial area for mounting the binding screws. Owing to the high pressure to be withstood by the cylinder-head, .lhave found that my invention demands a form of head, cylinder collar and screw-supporting clamp of the most substantial form, and to these ends I have constructed said clam-p in two parts, the line of division between said parts being radial to the aXis of the cylinder head. Theclamp is dividedon radial lines so as to .aiiord fiat surfaces in abutting contact, and the components of the clamp are joined solidly and in abutting contact onthe radial lines by bolts which pass through ears as shown in Figure 2. The clamp is thus separablev to facilitate its application to the cylinder and its removal therefrom, the whole presenting a substantial construction for resist-- ing the pressure of the fluid within the cylinder. The separable clamp is furnished with an inwardlyextendi-ng' continuous flange '9 for firm engagement with the unbroken collar of the cylinder, and said clamp presents a sub stantial overhang to the cylinder head, in which overhang 1s mounted the b nding screws to have direct contact with the .cylinder head. The binding screws are in contact with the cylinder head on a circular line outside of the packing, as shown in Figure 1, and thus said screws .act to press on the cylinder head to force its pendent rim into contact with the shoulder, the effect of which is to compress the packing by a form of construc-' tion which takes up the st-rain occasioned by the pressure of the fluid against the unbroken continuous under surface of the cylinder head.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a hydraulic press, a pressure cylinder provided with an external solid collar the surfaces of which are unbroken, a pressure head the undersurfface of which is continuous and unbroken for exposure to hydraulic pressure within .sald cylinder, said head belng provlded adJacen't its margin with a recess and said marginal part of the head being formed with .acontinuous solid rim the under face of which is in a plane below said recess, whereby the rim portion of the head is positioned for contact with said collar,'said contacting faces of the rim and of the collar beingin aplane below the recess, a packing in said recess and contacting with the edge of thecylinder -wall, a clamp divided on a line radial to the cylinder head .and producing separable members which are united solidly together with the radial faces along the dividing line in contacting relation, said separable clamp having a bottom shoulder in direct engagement with the unbroken collar of the cylinder, and tightening screws supported by the clamp and engaging with the rim portion of said head on a line exteriorly to the packing. v v

2. In a hydraulic press,a pressure cylinder provided with an external solid collar the surfaces of which are unbroken, a cylinder head the undersurfac'e of which is continuous and unbroken for exposure to hydraulic pressure Within the cylinder, said pressure head being provided with a solid rim positioned for contact with the collar, a packing interposed between the cylinder wall and said cylinder head, a clamp having a shoulder positioned for engagement with the collar, said clamp being divided on lines radial to the cylinder axis andproducing a plurality of complemental parts having abutting contact on the rapressure cylinder provided With an integral collar extending outwardly from the cylinder .wall and positioned below the plane of the end face of said cylinder wall, an imperforate head provided at the edge thereof with a depending flange positioned in matching re lation to said collar of the cylinder wall, the under face of said imperforate headbeing provided with a gasket groove in a plane within said depending flange and in register With said end face of the cylinder wall, a gasket within said groove and contacting with the end face of the cylinder wall and I with-the cover, a divided separable clamp having two circular shoulders one of which i 1 fits beneath said integral cylinder collar and the other of which extends over the cover and is spaced with respect thereto, "and a series of clamping screws mounted in said separable clamp and contacting with the marginal portion of said cover, said clamping screws operating to apply pressure to the cover in the plane of the integral cylinder collar and to exert through said'cover a compressive force upon the packing, said dividedclamp operating to transmit to the cylinder collar the hydraulic pressure applied tothe inner surface of said imperforate head and to relieve the clampingv screwsfrom elongation occasioned by suchpressure,

4;. A hydraulic press cylinder closure embodying a hydraulic cylinde-r.provided with an unbroken circular collar extending continuously around the cylinder exteriorly thereof, a pressurehead seated against the end face of said cylinder, said pressure head having an unbroken under surface exposed to the pressure of hydraulic fluid within said,

cylinder, a radially-divided separable clamp provided with two shoulders, the lower one of which contactswith said collar and the other of which extends over said pressure head in spaced relation thereto, a series of clamping screws supported in the'inemb ers composing said separable clainp, and means for rigidly and detachably connecting the members of said separable clamp, whereby the hydraulic pressure within the cylinder and against the head imparts a thrust to said separable clamp in a direction for the lower shoulder thereof to coact with said cylinder collar in resisting the effect of said hydraulic pressure upon the clamping screws and said separableclamp with the clamping screws is demountable with facility from the hydraulic' cylinder.

my name this 20th day of June, 192a.

, JOSEPH DE RANGISGI.

In testimonywhereof I have hereto signed 

